China

China to hold 1st national winter outdoor sports

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-12-18 20:34

CHANGCHUN - The first National Winter Outdoor Challenge Mountaineering will be held from Jan 4 to 6 in Jilin Beida Lake ski resort.

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The event, jointly organized by the State General Administration of Sports and Jilin local government, will attract more than 200 outdoor enthusiasts from all over the country.

"This is an emerging project in the international ski community," said Bai Kuili, director of Jilin Beida Lake Sports Tourism Economic Development Office.

"We organized the event to highlight the skiing in northern China and the characteristics of China's tourism, as well as the interesting aspects of the competition, which features not only the outdoor game, but also the style of a traditional sport meet."

Winter Outdoor Challenge Mountaineering is emerging from the modern movement sport, involving mountaineering and skiing, mountain cross, snowball fights, snow sledge, ice-based gyro and other outdoor sports.